Once in a 1000 year events happening increasingly regularly all over the world say it's time to #StopAllDrilling #ReduceFossilFuelUseToZero "1000-Year Rain Event In New York The rain falling in the #Hudson Valley has peaked near the 1-in-1000 year recurrence interval." via WFLA Jeff Berardelli
Human demands for the health and economic services provided by ecosystems exceed current capacities. Urgent action is needed to ramp up restoration efforts and transition to a more sustainable way of life: https://ow.ly/9XBs50Zwqbr #GenerationRestoration
Life has evolved to survive in boiling vents and burning deserts, but even the most ingenious species are being pushed towards extinction by extractivism and corporate greed. This Red List update also brings an important reminder: we see nature bounce back when we stop the harm and let it heal. 🌱
Species’ ingenious survival strategies no match for human destruction, red list reveals
Newly endangered animals include desert frogs and snails in extreme ocean depths, both threatened by mining
theguardian.com
"[T]here is too much money, some of it too untraceable, giving a small group of unelected people too much power over the people. That’s data politics. #DataPolitics #StopAI #DumpTrumpism www.nytimes.com/2026/08/03/o...
Opinion | Want to Fight Back Against Big Tech? Start Here.
A.I. is a political theory. And it is gobbling up our democracy.
nytimes.com
For decades, mangrove forests were considered one of the fastest disappearing ecosystems. But a global study offers one of the most encouraging conservation stories yet — 🌏 mangrove losses have slowed while gains have increased. This #WorldMangroveDay, a glimmer of hope: https://ow.ly/P8GV50ZsZjP
Is clean power cheap enough to compete? The argument leaves out the environmental and social cost of fossil fuels that never end up on a bill. These are real and large costs. They are just charged to somebody else. More in new Bright Spots edition: open.substack.com/pub/janrosen...
The bill we never see
The hidden costs of electricity, and the good news about counting them
open.substack.com
How did inequality spiral out of control? If you’ve never watched a video of mine, please watch this one.
How Wealth Inequality Spiraled Out of Control | Robert Reich
Here it is: The full story of wealth inequality in America.The top 1% holds 15x more wealth than the bottom 50% combined
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Balcony solar is sweeping the US, but who's actually… | Canary Media www.canarymedia.com/articles/sol...
Balcony solar is sweeping the US, but who's actually selling it?
As consumer interest surges and state legislators get on board, a few businesses have jumped into the domestic market.
canarymedia.com
Think natural gas is "clean"? Think again. For decades, the oil and gas industry has perpetuated the fraud that natural gas is a climate solution, despite knowing that it's a major source of planet-warming methane emissions. CCI's latest report exposes that deception:👇
The Fraud of “Clean” Natural Gas | Center for Climate Integrity
How Big Oil and Gas Created the Myth that Natural Gas is a Climate Solution
climateintegrity.org
Why look to Mars when Earth hides animal ecosystems thriving 9,533 meters deep in the Pacific hadal zone, under over 900 times surface pressure? Our own planet is astounding!
Scientists discover the deepest animal ecosystem ever found, thriving nearly 10 kilometres beneath t
Scientists have uncovered the deepest known animal ecosystem on Earth, thriving almost 10 kilometers beneath the Pacific Ocean, challenging previous assumptions about life at such extreme depths. Dens
timesofindia.indiatimes.com
Financial disclosures show that Susan Collins was taking checks from some of the men named in Epstein Files.
More Donations from Epstein Contacts to Susan Collins Uncovered
Collins took money from men on the Epstein list before voting against releasing the files
meidasnews.com
"Russia has consistently been the most aggressive foreign meddler in our elections over the past decade.” #FalseFlag #CorruptionUSA #TheTruthIsOutThere www.nytimes.com/2026/07/21/u...
Trump Pushes Chinese Election Threat, but Files Show Russia’s Heavy Hand
Intelligence documents that the White House released to back up President Trump’s claims about China highlight Russian efforts to influence U.S. elections.
nytimes.com
Sixty years after surveyors first uncovered evidence of a sprawling coral reef off the coast of Benin, scientists have at last found the reef. via @insideclimatenews.org
Long Presumed Dead, a Sprawling Coral Reef Is Discovered in West Africa
e360.yale.edu
Americans are relearning the lesson we learned during the Gilded Age of the late 1890s, when robber barons ran the government and the economy for their own benefit: Oligarchy is incompatible with the common good. I'm hopeful we'll respond with a new progressive movement.
More than 30 satellites track methane emissions from space. AI is helping turn that data into #ClimateAction. A new UNEP report shows AI is accelerating methane mitigation, with a climate benefit comparable to removing the annual emissions of almost 24 million gasoline-powered cars: bit.ly/4f7KIVm
23 zettajoules is the latest measure of excess heat into oceans caused by fossil fuel: 23,000,000,000,000,000,000,000 joules Entire human energy production = 1/2 a zettajoule.
Global ocean temperatures are entering ‘uncharted territory,’ climate scientists say
Sea surface temperatures in late June reached nearly 70 degrees Fahrenheit on average, shattering records
scientificamerican.com
NEWS: Senate Democrats blocked a $1.15 trillion defense bill, saying they refuse to advance a massive Pentagon funding package after Trump launched the Iran war without congressional authorization. The procedural vote failed 50-46, short of the 60 votes needed.
"From Chile to Indonesia, from the DRC to Sweden, mining has been poisoning lands, displacing communities and leaving a trail of destruction behind." www.greenpeace.org/internationa...
How to protect nature and territorial rights from the new mining rush - Greenpeace International
Biodiversity protection is vital to life on Earth. A new interactive tool from Greenpeace International and other organisations shows just how.
greenpeace.org
Everyone deserves food to eat, a place to live, and healthcare to keep them living. Trillionaires should not exist in the same world as food insecurity, housing insecurity, or medical debt.
An update on the fight to save the U.S. Forest Service. The legal battle is moving forward. A coalition of labor unions, environmental organizations, civic groups, and local governments is challenging the Trump administration’s plan to dramatically restructure the U.S. Forest Service.
50 billion tonnes of sand are used every year, making it the world’s 2nd most used resource after water. But we are extracting it faster than nature can replenish it. UNEP report warns unsustainable sand extraction is threatening ecosystems and livelihoods: bit.ly/3SN6N4d
Wish we could say we're shocked. https://www.cnn.com/2026/07/07/climate/trump-electricity-bills-renewables-energy-costs
Trump promised to cut electric bills in half. His energy policy is doing the opposite, new analysis finds | CNN
A sudden electricity crunch in the US is colliding headlong with the Trump administration’s attacks on renewable energy like wind and solar. President Donald Trump presented his anti-renewable stance ...
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Microsoft is laying off 4,800 workers today. Its CEO made $96.5M in 2025, a 22% increase from the previous year. Microsoft made $101B in net income last year — and raked in up to $12.5B in tax breaks from Trump's Big Ugly Bill. This is what a rigged system looks like.
It is insane to me that we are in a time where we have both the technological means to be entirely green with our energy, and help the most people through democratic socialism, but the greediest among us keep us from that Eden and would rather build bunkers as they kill the planet (and us).
Her argument is that many things Americans value are publicly funded and collectively provided: * Roads and highways * Public schools * Fire departments * Police departments * Public libraries * Water and sewer systems And they are real examples of government funded public services.
Michael Cembalest is out with his annual energy report for JP Morgan and it's full of fascinating stuff, but this graph jumps out: Trump is succeeding in stifling America's clean energy boom. Absolutely ceding the field to China.
